With 2,440 people, Solomons is a city in Maryland. At a median age of 61.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Median rent is $3,189 a month. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 904 people. That puts it in the top 9% of US cities for household income. The poverty rate is 0.6%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $94,963, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 61.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
42% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Solomons
What changed most since 2000
Homes owned by their occupants56.5% → 70.6%(+14.1 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$354,130 → $436,800(+23%)US over the same years: +71%
Population1,536 → 2,440(+59%)US over the same years: +19%
Solomons's population equals 2.6% of Calvert County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 0.4% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 6.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)9.5%(25)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.7%(70)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.4%(119)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.5%(17)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II9.5%(25)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 262 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Solomons, decade by decade
Solomons population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
1,536
$88,409
$354,130
37.9%
22.6
2010
2,368
$104,039
$621,463
50.8%
26.9
2020
2,650
$118,449
$502,148
43.9%
33.3
2024
2,440
$94,963
$436,800
41.8%
34.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
